Nate Plotkin “Mystery Channels” at Shrine

An autonomous hand is key to the works in Mystery Channels, Nate Plotkin’s first-ever solo exhibition. The act of “channelling” would imply Plotkin has access to a world most of us do not, whether manifested by the psyche or phantasmagoria. A more obvious read would be that Plotkin’s work is a channel as it pertains to television or radio, and that each work is uniquely tuned to inform the viewer of a conjured realm where abstraction, fantasy and traditional figuration coexist.